The Interface of Cosmology with String and M(ILLENNIUM) Theory

Preprint

4 March 2001

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-th/0003086

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to discuss recent developments occurring at the interface of cosmology with string and M-theory. We begin with a short review of 1980s string cosmology and the Brandenberger-Vafa mechanism for explaining spacetime dimensionality. It is shown how this scenario has been modified to include the effects of p-brane gases in the early universe. We then introduce the Pre-Big-Bang scenario (PBB), Ho\v{r}ava-Witten heterotic M-theory and the work of Lukas, Ovrut and Waldram, and end with a discussion of large extra dimensions, the Randall-Sundrum model and Brane World cosmologies.

Keywords

INTERFACE OF COSMOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRING
STRING COSMOLOGY
ILLENNIUM
SCENARIO
THEORY
BRANE

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Published version: International Journal of Modern Physics A, 16 (30), 4803.

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